CHAPTER HEADINGS: Use the same font as the front cover and size it for best visual effect. Place the heading after approx. 10 blank lines (12pt) on a new page. Use the Styles option to define all headings so you can adjust them all quickly as needed.

SCENE BREAKS: Use some small graphic element from the front cover. Reduce its size using a graphics program so that you do not have to adjust it after insertion in the document. Add a blank line (of any size) before and after if this is visually effective. If the image is to be centred, REMOVE the first line indent so that it is not thrown off-kilter. When you have one scene break, you can copy and paste it together with its blank lines and this will also transfer the indent properties.

FRONT MATTER:

Title page

Copyright page - see our other titles for examples

Blank or dedication

Blank

Contents page

(Map)

(Additional map or blank)

Blank; Section break

Story starts. Restart page numbering at 1.

BACK MATTER: After section break. Unlink footers and remove page numbering in this section.

Author photo and bio

Ads for author's other books/mailing list etc.

Splashdown advertising pages (as provided)

When complete, check visually for widows/orphans (stray single lines at top and bottom of pages). Fix manually by breaking up preceding paragraphs to create more lines. Also check that blank lines around scene breaks do not occur at tops of pages.